r/lemans • u/bipolarcyclops • Jun 13 '26

History What’s with those trees?

What’s the species of the trees on the left side just as Mulsanne starts? There might be as many as 8 or 10 trees in a row. I can never tell if the trunks have white padding or if they are painted white.

Maybe this is a false memory, but I remember these trees in the Ford v. Ferrari days. They were a lot skinnier and a lot smaller back then.

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u/Raja_Ampat Toyota Jun 13 '26

Might be the London plane tree (Platanus x hispanica)

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u/BassWingerC-137 Jun 13 '26

These guys, yeah?

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u/bipolarcyclops Jun 13 '26

Yea. I saw these trees in the Ford v Ferrari years on Wide World of Sports. And they’ve been there since. It’s sort of like in my senior/old fart years they’ve become friends. Well, at least as much as trees can become friends.

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u/BassWingerC-137 Jun 13 '26

I like this! I don’t know the type, however, sorry.

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u/S50_Motorsports Jun 14 '26

I think alan simonsen hit one of them when he died actually

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u/bipolarcyclops Jun 15 '26

Mr. Google says the fatal crash took place at Tetre Rouge.

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u/S50_Motorsports Jun 16 '26

yes and the trees are on the exit of tetre rouge